Premium Services
Investor Relations and Research Services for all stages of your company's growth
Investor RelationsStrategic IR support through your IPO, M&A, Capital Restructuring, Fund Raising, and more
Investor Discovery
Enabling investor discovery and providing counsel to equity and debt issuers for corporate actions including M&As, IPOs, Capital Restructuring, Fund Raising.
What We Achieved:
Investor Relations
✓ Repositioned a Singapore logistic company as a forward-thinking and resilient player in its sector, by clearly conveying its strategic initiatives driving its growth and sustainability.
Proactive engagement efforts and targeted communications not only strengthened relationships with investors and stakeholders, but also enhanced its reputation.
✓ Served as a Singapore real estate company's investor relations and strategic communications counsel. Successfully positioning it as a leading, specialised real estate player.
The positive news stories from our partnership led to growth in its brand portfolio and expansion into new markets, with growth in its share price post-Covid. The client also received multiple distinguised awards in their sector and market cap categories, for shareholder communications and transparency.
M&A
✓ Developed stakeholder engagement programme leading up to the announcement of a Singapore REIT's acquisition in Europe.
Key opinion leaders including analysts and financial media were engaged, and an analysts' briefing was hosted. This lead to positive coverage from the media and positive sentiments among analysts that the deal would bring income stability to this client.
General Offer
✓ Through proactive media and analyst outreach and monitoring to address any counterarguments during the general offer, we successfully led an upward revision of the offer price of a Singapore listed company in oil & gas industry, in line with its sterling financial performance.
The general offer became unconditional and led to a successful representation of the shareholder group's interests throughout the transaction.
Corporate/Fund Profiling & Research
Reputation building and research support for fund managers, ETFs, asset managers, and more.
What We Achieved:
Raised profile of a leading investment manager in Vietnam by building robust and active media relations programme, introducing their key executives to well-regarded financial press and journalists based in key hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong.
More than 10 media engagements were secured for them in 6 months, and they are now one of the go-to experts for the media in Asia with regards to Vietnam markets and investments.
IPO Advisory
Connecting to buy-side investors for IPOs/SPACs/Direct Listing, fund-raising landscape assessment, prepare for listing events (Investor Day, Guidance/Earnings Calls), Posting Listing Investor Relations.
What We Achieved:
Established and drove investor relations roadmap for several listcos in Singapore post initial public offering to ensure continued investor interest and investor discovery with global buy side.
Media & Content
Proactive financial media relations management, media interview facilitation including pre-interview briefing kits, serve as media enquiries bureau.
What We Achieved:
Profiled a leading fund manager from an emerging market to the region's investment community through thought leadership, media engagements and keynote address at prominent investment forums in Singapore.
Crisis & Activists
Provide expert counsel on challenging communications, including Earnings Surprises, Executive & Board changes, M&As, restructuring, corporate governance and crisis situations.
What We Achieved:
Steered successful narratives for a prominent M&A and equity fund raising for a leading REIT.
Research Services
engageIR taps into Smartkarma's robust ecosystem of industry players to amplify your reach coverage, investor discovery and thought leadership
Annual Research Coverage
Drive initiation and ongoing research coverage from one or more research firms.
The deliverables over a 12 month period typically include a deep-dive initiation report, updates around earnings and key corporate events, webinars, interviews, investor introductions and more.
Research can be distributed on Smartkarma and across major financial platforms to maximize visibility.
What We Achieved:
Despite a strong operational track record and good corporate governance practices, the share price performance of a leading Asian restaurant operator lagged that of the market, delaying a move to the HKEX mainboard.
Smartkarma partnered with the company to build out research coverage and investor interest in the name. The consistent research coverage, webinars and investor introductions resulted in increased liquidity and market capitalization for the company.
Webinars
Smartkarma's Webinars offer companies and funds a platform to reach our audience of 50,000+ institutional and accredited investors with key aspects of the investment thesis around your company or fund.
What We Achieved:
An Australia-listed financial services firm was looking to engage Asian analysts and investors about the progress and strategic roadmap of the company.
The Smartkarma Webinar allowed senior management to address key analyst and investor questions in an engaging discussion.
Roadshows
Smartkarma leverages its network of research analysts and investors to organize roadshow meetings for companies with target investors across key financial hubs globally.
Post-meeting feedback is shared with companies to inform future communications and positioning.
What We Achieved:
Smartkarma organized meetings for a Singapore-listed REIT that was keen to meet with Japanese institutional investors during a trip to Tokyo.
Pre-IPO Research
Familiarize investors about the company ahead of IPO registration with a detailed initiation report.
The report can delve into the company history, key products and markets, business model, competition, valuation as well as opportunities and risks.
What We Achieved:
A private company undertook an initiation report to showcase all key aspects of its business to prospective investors ahead of a fund raise.
Competitive Landscape Studies
Present a holistic understanding of an industry, from its history to its future, along side well-defined market sizes, competitors and their offerings and primary insights, were required.
What We Achieved:
A leading Asian hospitality player engaged Smartkarma to dive deep into their industry, highlighting key dynamics, market size, competitive landscape, value chain analysis, financial metrics and primary research to substantiate findings.
Investigative Due Diligence
Undertake background checks on companies, investors, join venture partners and their key personnel to identify any political, bankruptcy, sanctions, litigation or other risks, including with on-the-ground media and neighborhood checks with discreet sources.
What We Achieved:
An American MNC undertook due diligence on a potential joint venture partner in Indonesia to better understand their business background and performance, any political, corruption and litigation risks, and any potential conflicts of interest in similar businesses.
Short-Form Content & Articles
Engage industry, market or strategy experts to deliver well-researched short-form content, typically used for marketing purposes.
What We Achieved:
Smartkarma worked with a leading venture capital firm to publish a series of white-labeled articles to showcase their investment foresight and leadership in a key region, ahead of a fund raise.
Newsletters
Publish engaging commentary and analysis on a geography, sector, asset class or strategy, compiled by experts.
What We Achieved:
An Asian Fintech platform engaged Smartkarma to publish weeklies on multiple topics such as ASEAN macroeconomics and Asian fintech for their segmented audiences.
Speakers for Events
Identify well-renowned thought leaders from Smartkarma's network to speak at roundtables, panels, conferences or for keynote addresses.
What We Achieved:
A leading Asian financial services platform engages Smartkarma to identify keynote speakers for their quarterly events.
Whitepapers (Primary Research-Led)
Prepare thought leadership reports and whitepapers led by primary research (surveys and/or interviews of consumers or business leaders) supported by deep-dive secondary research.
What We Achieved:
An Asian Fintech engaged Smartkarma to develop a whitepaper on open banking regulations in their key markets, driven by insights gleaned from interviews with senior banking executives in these markets.